Equipped cards are destroyed if their target is not face-up in a Monster Zone or has become an incorrect target. If a card that is not normally an Equip Card is equipped to a monster by that monster's effect, it will be destroyed if that effect is no longer being applied.

Cards that have restrictions on the number that can be face-up will be destroyed if this number is exceeded. (For example, if an "Earthbound Immortal Aslla piscu" is flipped face-up while there is another "Earthbound Immortal" monster on the field, the newly flipped "Aslla piscu" will be destroyed.)

While destroyed cards are normally sent to the Graveyard, some card effects can cause destroyed cards to be moved to another location instead. Even if they are not sent to the Graveyard, they are still considered destroyed.

For example, "Grave Protector" causes all monsters that are destroyed by battle to be shuffled into the Deck instead of being sent to the Graveyard. If a card like "Macro Cosmos" is active, cards that would be sent to the Graveyard (including by being destroyed) are banished instead. If a card like "Dark Magician of Chaos" would leave the field (including by being destroyed), it is banished instead.